# Botticelli - January 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186 "2025-12-31T02:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/101 "2026-01-13T14:17:28Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:97, topic:1026186, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with N 3. Male 4. Living 5. American 6. Known from the arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Caucasian 10. Born just before 1960 11. Known for the literary arts ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/102 "2026-01-13T17:02:48Z")
Previous IQs: Did a German artist say he pictured you in the boat with Washington, crossing the Delaware? - Gen. Nathanael Greene (he’s the guy in the black hat and cloak beside Washington’s left leg in this famous Emanuel Leutze painting: [Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_(1851_paintings)#/media/File:Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze,_MMA-NYC,_1851.jpg)) Did Daniel Day-Lewis play you in a movie set during the French and Indian War? - The character was Natty Bumppo in the book, but Nathaniel Poe in the film Did you fail in your Red River campaign? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, during the Civil War Nathanael/iel x3! DQs: Best known for fiction? Greatest fame before 2000? Won a Pulitzer or Nobel? IQs: Was Hagrid very sorry to send you away? Did you pine after Daphne? Were you one of Lincoln’s two White House aides? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/103 "2026-01-13T17:07:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Hagrid very sorry to send you away? > Did you pine after Daphne? > Were you one of Lincoln’s two White House aides? I am not Norbert. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/104 "2026-01-13T17:09:29Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:101, topic:1026186”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with N 3. Male 4. Living 5. American 6. Known from the arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Caucasian 10. Born just before 1960 11. Known for the literary arts 12. Best known for fiction. 13. Greatest fame after 2000 14. Hasn’t won a Nobel or Pulitzer ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/105 "2026-01-13T17:15:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Merlin in a TV mini-series? 2. Are you a former queen of Jordan? 3. The Justice League of America : Firestorm :: The Squadron Supreme : you? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/106 "2026-01-13T17:51:30Z")
Previous IQs: Was Hagrid very sorry to send you away? - Yes, Norbert, the not-so-little-anymore dragon, in the _Harry Potter_ saga Did you pine after Daphne? - Dr. Niles Crane, on _Frasier_ Were you one of Lincoln’s two White House aides? - John Nicolay DQs: Best known for novels? Genre fiction (sf, fantasy, mystery, etc.)? IQs: Were you a noted golfer with the same nickname as a President who was a rough contemporary? Did you play a doomed royal in Ian McKellen’s British Fascist adaptation of _Richard III_? Were you (probably inaccurately) quoted as saying, “Get there fustest with the mostest”? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/107 "2026-01-13T17:57:24Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Merlin in a TV mini-series? > 2. Are you a former queen of Jordan? > 3. The Justice League of America : Firestorm :: The Squadron Supreme : you? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/108 "2026-01-13T17:58:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a noted golfer with the same nickname as a President who was a rough contemporary? > Did you play a doomed royal in Ian McKellen’s British Fascist adaptation of _Richard III_? > Were you (probably inaccurately) quoted as saying, “Get there fustest with the mostest”? 1. I am not Jack Nicklaus. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/109 "2026-01-13T17:59:04Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:104, topic:1026186”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with N 3. Male 4. Living 5. American 6. Known from the arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Caucasian 10. Born just before 1960 11. Known for the literary arts 12. Best known for fiction. 13. Greatest fame after 2000 14. Hasn’t won a Nobel or Pulitzer, has won a Hugo 15. Best known for novels. 16. Known for genre fiction ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/110 "2026-01-13T18:22:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Merlin in a TV mini-series? > > 2. Are you a former queen of Jordan? > > 3. The Justice League of America : Firestorm :: The Squadron Supreme : you? > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Sam Neill; 2 was Queen Noor; 3 was Nuke. DQs: 1. best known for science fiction? 2. last name begins from N-Z? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/111 "2026-01-13T18:24:47Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:109, topic:1026186”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with N 3. Male 4. Living 5. American 6. Known from the arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Caucasian 10. Born just before 1960 11. Known for the literary arts 12. Best known for fiction. 13. Greatest fame after 2000 14. Hasn’t won a Nobel or Pulitzer, has won a Hugo 15. Best known for novels. 16. Known for genre fiction 17. Best known for science fiction 18. Last name begins with N-Z ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/112 "2026-01-13T18:28:00Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the Baroque Cycle? 2. Did you write “The Moon’s a Balloon”? 3. Did you star in _An American Werewolf In London_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/113 "2026-01-13T18:34:44Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a noted golfer with the same nickname as a President who was a rough contemporary? - Yes, Jack Nicklaus Did you play a doomed royal in Ian McKellen’s British Fascist adaptation of _Richard III_? - Nigel Hawthorne Were you (probably inaccurately) quoted as saying, “Get there fustest with the mostest”? - Confederate cavalry Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Two DQs reserved. Thinkthinkthink… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/114 "2026-01-13T18:50:09Z")
Yes, **SunUp!** I am the author of the Baroque Cycle, Snow Crash , The Cryptonomicon, and many others, # NEAL STEPHENSON. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/115 "2026-01-13T20:22:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a minor-league pitcher recently called up to the bigs? > > 2. Did Sheldon Cooper blame you for Pluto’s downgrade? > > 3. Were you the son of the mastermind behind the heist in _Reservoir Dogs_? > > 1. Take a DQ > 2. I am not Neal DeGrasse-Tyson > 3. Take a DQ. Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh (_Bull Durham_) Correct “Nice Guy” Eddie Cabot (_Reservoir Dogs_) (Note: in the credits he’s listed as Nice Guy Eddie, no last name, but he’s identified in the film as the son of Joe Cabot, the mastermind.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/116 "2026-01-14T05:48:17Z")
All right, thanks for hosting the last round **Prof.** And we start the next round with: I am # W have at it! ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/117 "2026-01-14T15:30:05Z")
Congrats, SunUp! IQs: 1. “I cannot tell a lie. I chopped it down with my hatchet”? 2. Did you star in _Lolita_? 3. Did you write “The Whore of Mensa”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/118 "2026-01-14T16:56:05Z")
Good job, **SunUp**! IQs: 1. Are you the 43rd in line of succession? 2. Were you often quoted in _Dead Poets Society_? 3. Is your bestie named Betty? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/119 "2026-01-14T17:09:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. “I cannot tell a lie. I chopped it down with my hatchet”? > 2. Did you star in _Lolita_? > 3. Did you write “The Whore of Mensa”? I am not George Washington. Take 2 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the 43rd in line of succession? > 2. Were you often quoted in _Dead Poets Society_? > 3. Is your bestie named Betty? Take a DQ. I am not Walt Whitman. I am not Wilma Flintstone. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/120 "2026-01-14T17:34:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not George Washington. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Shelley Winters; 3 was Woody Allen. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name starts with W? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=7)